centurymaker
Cricketer Of The Year
At least one of the bowlers has to be replaced!
Ideally get rid of Pandya but I don't think they have the courage to drop him because he's an all-rounder who increases the depth of the batting. But his bowling has never been top class and is often smacked around as he continues to deliver back of the length or short-pitch rubbish again & again.
If Umesh could be brought in to replace Pandya, the whole bowling attack would be so much better & more reliable.
Ashwin is the other candidate, especially because Pakistan have a lot of right handers and because he has not bowled that well recently. Direct swap between Ashwin & Umesh may not add anything as Umesh can leak runs too & be just as underwhelming as Ashwin has been of late. But having Umesh instead of Pandya is definitely a big step up and Jadhav to cover up if either Umesh or Ashwin get hit for some. But having Pandya means that it's almost certain that the 5th bowling option is going to struggle whereas with Umesh/Ashwin there is reasonable chance they may do quite well too.
And Pandya bowled just 4 overs in the previous game, he was just atrocious. He has to go.. Having him means that you are playing with 4.5 bowlers, although he may be able to perform somewhat better against the Pakistan battling lineup and test them with the short stuff because that's all he actually bowls.
Ideally get rid of Pandya but I don't think they have the courage to drop him because he's an all-rounder who increases the depth of the batting. But his bowling has never been top class and is often smacked around as he continues to deliver back of the length or short-pitch rubbish again & again.
If Umesh could be brought in to replace Pandya, the whole bowling attack would be so much better & more reliable.
Ashwin is the other candidate, especially because Pakistan have a lot of right handers and because he has not bowled that well recently. Direct swap between Ashwin & Umesh may not add anything as Umesh can leak runs too & be just as underwhelming as Ashwin has been of late. But having Umesh instead of Pandya is definitely a big step up and Jadhav to cover up if either Umesh or Ashwin get hit for some. But having Pandya means that it's almost certain that the 5th bowling option is going to struggle whereas with Umesh/Ashwin there is reasonable chance they may do quite well too.
And Pandya bowled just 4 overs in the previous game, he was just atrocious. He has to go.. Having him means that you are playing with 4.5 bowlers, although he may be able to perform somewhat better against the Pakistan battling lineup and test them with the short stuff because that's all he actually bowls.
